It certainly doesn’t look good for the 40-year-old, with the video very clearly showing how the incident unfolded without a huge amount of provocation.

A United fan filmed from his car as he noticed Carragher driving alongside him, before encouraging his daughter in the passenger seat to roll down her window so he could taunt the pundit over the result at Old Trafford, and it didn’t take long for things to escalate as Carragher aimed a large amount of gob right at his daughter.

Carragher tweeted that he’d been goaded by several fans in his car after Manchester United’s 2-1 win over his former club Liverpool at the weekend, but he added that that did not excuse his behaviour.

Jamie Carragher spat at a 14-year-old after being goaded by her father

Totally out of order & Ive apologised personally to all the family this evening. I was goaded 3/4 times along the motorway while being filmed & lost my rag. No excuse apologies. https://t.co/ofrNfiwhYH